US 12,188,617 B2
Protective device for a pressurized tank
Ludovic Farines, Audincourt (FR); Ludovic Nouvel, Saint Jorioz (FR); Jean-Baptiste Maeso, Belfort (FR); and Joël Jolicor, Vieux-Charmont (FR)
Assigned to FAURECIA SYSTEMES D'ECHAPPEMENT, Nanterre (FR)
Filed by FAURECIA SYSTEMES D'ECHAPPEMENT, Nanterre (FR)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/994,485.
Claims priority of application No. 21 12733 (FR), filed on Nov. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0175545 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. F17C 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 1/16 (2013.01) [F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01); F17C 2203/012 (2013.01); F17C 2203/066 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0308 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective device for a pressurized gas tank, comprising:
a shell designed to absorb energy in response to an impact; and
a mechanical joining interface to mechanically join the shell to the pressurized gas tank, and wherein the shell is integral with the mechanical joining interface, and wherein the shell is made of a same part as, bonded to, or over-molded with the mechanical joining interface.